spitously

Middle English

Adverb

spitously

1. spitefully
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 222-223:

     ‘They were ful glad whan I spak to hem fayre;
     For god it woot, I chidde hem spitously.’

     ‘They were very glad when I spoke to them pleasantly;
     For, God knows it, I cruelly scolded them.’